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March 12, 1935. S M, BER MAN 1,994,188

INVALIDS TABLE I Filed Nov. 50, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. I

INVENTOR IDNEY/1. BEWGMA/V ATTORNEY March 12, 193 s. M. BERGMAN1,994,183

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i A 1,994,183 A INVALIDS YTABLE Sidney M. Bergman, Brookline, Mass.Application November so, 1932,v Serial No. 644,974 3 Claims. (01.311-40) I x The present invention relates to a bed table at the oppositeside from the position of .hinging; such as may be used in hospitals forconvenience the top tray 4. I v 1 in caring for patients while they arein bed. The table or cabinet is supported on legs having In the presentinvention the table can be placed rubber castors 9 and at the side ofthe table is a beside the patients bed and a special top posilever 10for lowering the table 11 after it has 5 tioned above the top of thetable is provided and. been raised. adapted to beswung around on avertical bearing The mechanism of the operation of the table is so thatthe patient might have the table before shown more clearly in detail inFigures 3, 4, 5, 6, him. v 1 7 and 8. 7

10 In addition to this the special top maybe ex- Supported in a sideframe 12 is a plate 13 10, tended within a given limit in order to allowa properly secured by bolts 14 or in any suitable proper position beforethe patient. manner to the side plates. The plate 13 carries Themechanism necessary to turn the table top asupporting bracket 15 whichholds the tube 16 and position it in front of the patient is all coninwhich the shaft 17 extends. As indicated in 15 cealed and covered andtheonly evidence of such Figure8, the tube 16 may be rectangular in sec-15:.

operating mechanism is in the foot pedal which tion and the shaft 17similarly formed to fit' is positioned below the body of the cabinet ofthe inside of it. 1 table near the leg. In Figure 4, however, the shaft17' may be Not only does this construction offer a neat and round andsimilarly the tube 16'. A rack 18 is simple appearance, but there is nopossibility of formed at one side of the shaft 1'7 as indicated 20 dustgathering in the mechanism and the table in Figure 6. becoming dirty andunsanitary. In Figure 4 the rack 18" is made in the form It may also benoted that the operation of the of truncated cones. A plate 19 securedto the table top in and out of the arm is so devised that corner post 20of the table by means of a bolt 21 no dust can settle in cracks orhollow places. has mounted thereon abearing 22 in which arod 25 The onlygrooves or slots, it will be noted, face 23 operates. The rod 23 has twopins 25 and 26. downwardly. The pin 25 has in back of it a plate 27 andbe- The invention will be more fully understood tween this plate and thebearing 22 is a spring from the description given below in connection24. Mounted on the plate 19 is a small pivot lever with the drawingsshowing an embodiment of the 28, one end of which engages the left handside 30 invention, in which: of the pin 26, while the other end of thelever Figure 1 shows a top view of the table with engages the pin 29extending from arod 30 which the top table extended. 1 is supportedvertically and parallel to the shaft 1'7. Figure 2 shows an elevation.At the end of the rod 30 is the operating foot Figure 3 shows a sectionon the line 33 of lever 10.' In the operation of the device the shaft 35Figure 2. 1'7 may be raised, the ratchet 18 being so con- Figure 4 showsa detail of the mechanism structed that it will pass over the rod 23.The whereby the table top may be raised. table will not however falldown since the rod 23 Figure 5 shows a bottom view of the extensible isso shaped at its end as to engage the ratchet 18.

40 top shown in Figures 1 and 2. When it is desired to drop the table,the foot 40 Figure 6 shows a modification of the detail lever ispressed, retracting the rod 23, freeing the shown in Figure 4. ratchetand allowing the table to be dropped. The

Figure 7 shows a section taken on the line '7-7 operation of Figure 4 isthe same except that in of Figure 5. this figure the shaft 1'7 may beturned around Figure 8 is a section taken on the line 88 when the tabletop is turned to face the patient. 45 of Figure 6, and In Figure 6,however, the shaft 1'7 does not turn. Figure 9 is a fragmentary sideView, partly in The top 11 however turns in the bearing 31, the section.spring tension stud 32 engaging the cups 33 dis- In Figure 1, the tableis represented as 1. This tributed about the shaft 17 so that the tabletop may be provided at the rear with a towel rack 2 may assume anydesired position. 50

and a handle 3. At the front of the table at the When the top is turnedtowards the patient, the top there is a swinging tray 4, hinged by meanstop may be extended as indicated more specifically of the hinge 5. Thelower part of the table is in Figures 5 and '7. The shaft 17 is fixed toa provided with a cabinet space 6 which is closed center board 34 andthe table top 11 may be pulled by means of the door '7 hinged by thehinges 8 in and out with respect to the board. For accom- 55 plishingthis purpose an element 35 is provided which is rectangular in shape andhas flanges 3636 which may be riveted to the inside of the table 11. Aslot 37 is cut in the element 35 and a pin 38 fastened in the board 34rides in the slot, thus limiting the motion of the table and preventingit from being taken out. A handle 39 is provided at the end of the board34. This handle is fastened to the underside of the board 34 by a plate40. Theelement 35 is cut out at the end, so as to allow room for theplate 40 and therefore allow the table to be fully closed to the edge ofthe handle.

the pin 38 comes to the end of the slot 37, the

end of the board 34 butts upagainst. the ends of the table 11.

will result when the top 11 is moved to=its innermost position. Ineither modification shown in Figures l or 6 it will be noted that thetop 11 will be positioned simply upon motion offithe handle 39, and thatthe table top'may then be extended before the patient inthedesired'position. 1

Having now described my invention, I claim: 1. A hospital tablecomprising, in combination, a frame having four supporting feet, a fixedtable top, a shaft, means positioning said shaft between two feet at theside of the frame, said shaft being positioned upright and being free tobe moved vertically and rotated, said shaft having supported at the topthereof a horizontal bracket, a-handle having-supporting elements fixedto said bracketon both sides wherethe bracket is supported by saidshaft,'a tray positioned onsaid bracket, said tray having angles fixedthereon and positioned on both sides of the bracket and form-- inggrooves by which said tray may be moved over said bracket whereby thetray may be extended away from the table top and rotated to the oppositeside.

2. A hospital table comprising, in combination, a frame having foursupporting feet, a fixed table top, a shaft, means positioning saidshaft between two feet at the side of the'fram'e, said shaft beingpositioned upright and being free" to be moved vertically and rotated, ahorizontal brack- V. et supported at the top of said shaft, a hand gripThe board 34 is of such a length thatbefore extending horizontally onone side of the bracket having ends supported on said bracket on eitherside of the shaft, atray extending horizontally in a direction oppositeto the handle, and means mounting the tray on the supporting bracketwhereby the tray may be moved over it.

3. A hospital table comprising, in combination, aframe having foursupporting-feet, afixed table top, a shaft, meanspositioning-said shaftbe tween two feet at the side ofthe framejsaid shaft being positionedupright and free' to be having ends supported on said bracket on eitherside of the shaft, a tray, means-forming a'f slot beneath said tray inwhich said bracket slidabl-y fits, said means being-provided with a slotdirectly beneath the bracket and a pin positioned in the I bracketengaging the slot, whereby the movement-

